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Hello there, folks. Hope everyone had a good enough week in your neck of the galaxy. This week was a little different because Joshers is in Japan. That means no recording and a little extra time on my hands, which I’ve spent playing around with you kooks on Facebook. Who knew how much fun it would be swapping stories and such?
How to Keep Personal Finance Records — and for how long
by Cristen Conger | April 1, 2010
Though my financial history is more of a short story than an epic at this point, I’ve accumulated reams of paper records in the process. I’ve dutifully categorized and filed away the bank statements, credit card bills, medical records, etc. over the years, and the master accordion files barely buttons closed.
An article in the New York Times confirmed my suspicions that it might be time to ditch some of the documents.
Imagine that you are super-wealthy and need a new way to blow money. We have discussed several options in the past including: – How Megayachts Work – How to spend $47,000 on dinner Now there are two new ways: 1) Have yourself kidnapped: Adrenaline addicts seek designer thrills: “For 900 euros ($1,226), clients of Ultime [...]
Invention – take credit card payments from anyone with your iPhone
by Marshall Brain | December 8, 2009
What if you needed to pay your babysitter, or buy something at a garage sale, and the baby sitter or garage saler could take your credit card? No gimmicks, no hassles – the person just slides your credit card through his/her iPhone and in 10 seconds you are done. That’s the idea behind Squareup.com: Squareup.com [...]
“Why doesn’t Crate & Barrel let you register for a toaster full of cash?” asked Pam Beesly on a recent episode of NBC’s “The Office.” See, Pam was marrying salesman Jim Halpert, and what the young couple really needed in this economy was cold, hard cash, not another toaster or a turtle (which was Dwight’s gift to the couple).
Money the Cause of Most People’s Stress – Surprise!
by Charles W. Bryant | October 1, 2009
A new poll was released this week by Reader’s Digest (I know) that revealed the major causes of stress for people in 16 different countries. The majority of the folks listed money, which I’m assuming means a lack thereof. I doubt if the stress came from having so much money that you couldn’t find a place to store it.
Malaysia led the way in money stress, with 58 percent of those surveyed listing it as their number one. China and Singapore tied for second place at 55 percent, and the U.S. of A. was third with 48 percent listing money as their main stressor. Russia, France and Italy were at the bottom for money stress at 15, 18 and 19 percent, respectively.
If you’re a fan of Mad Men like me, you’ve seen Don Draper and crew wine and dine clients on the Sterling Cooper expense account dozens of times as a routine part of business. Between friends, it also isn’t strange for one person to extend an invitation — “let me take you to lunch” — for a prepaid meal. But when it comes to dating in this day and age, the dinner tab can be testy territory.
Hey there, folks. Josh and I have talked about haggling before in our podcast, about how pretty much anything price is negotiable if you have the guts to ask. Most people think that prices in regular stores are set in stone, that if you aren’t at an open-air market or a car lot that you don’t have a shot at getting a deal. Not true.
Time Magazine ran an article recently that delved into the new trend of trying to haggle the prices down at some of your favorite stores. America’s Research Group performed a study last October that found that 56 percent of American consumers had recently tried to negotiate a price reduction at a non-automobile retail outlet. Of those 56 percent, 50 percent were successful in gaining a price reduction.
All you wanted was a gallon of milk, but noooo, you had to end up an innocent victim in an armed robbery. The door swings to and fro on its hinges in a lessening pendulum after your assailant has made his way off into the night, ski mask still on his head, sawed-off shotgun still in hand. You noted he was just under six feet tall — huh, those markers along the door frames really do work. Everything is still, you suspect the convenience store clerk is dead. All you hear is the buzzing of the gaudy fluorescent lights overhead.
Some number crunchers out in California (natch) have come up with some compelling financial arguments for legalizing, and in turn taxing the crud out of the little plant the U.S. government loves to hate. An owner of two medical marijuana shops in San Francisco pays the state of California $80,000 a year in sales tax revenue.
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